This student-friendly book is a basic introduction to over 700 commonly used medical terms and word elements - prefixes, suffixes and stems. The fourth edition includes the addition of pronunciations to word lists, case studies, and forensic and surgical reports as additional exercises. New chapters, "Diagnostic Terms and Tools" and "Pharmacology Terms and Oncology Terms" have been added. Medical students, nursing students, allied health students.

This student-friendly book is a basic introduction to over 700 commonly used medical terms and word elements - prefixes, suffixes and stems. The fourth edition includes the addition of pronunciations to word lists, case studies, and forensic and surgical reports as additional exercises. New chapters, "Diagnostic Terms and Tools" and "Pharmacology Terms and Oncology Terms" have been added. Medical students, nursing students, allied health students.